# Testimonia et Fragmenta 381

Ariston, Testimonia et Fragmenta, Fragment 381. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ariston-phil/testimonia-et-fragmenta/381

Plutarchus vita Demosthenis 10. Ἀρίστων δ’ ὁ Χίος καὶ Θεοφράστου τινὰ δόξαν ἱστόρηκε περὶ τῶν ῥητόρων. ἐρωτηθέντα γάρ, ὁποῖός τις αὐτῷ φαίνεται ῥήτωρ ὁ Δημοσθένης, εἰπεῖν· ἄξιος τῆς πόλεως, ὁποῖος δὲ Δημάδης· ὑπὲρ τὴν πόλιν. Ὁ δ’ αὐτὸς φιλόσοφος Πολύευκτον ἱστορεῖ τὸν Σφήττιον, ἕνα τῶν τότε πολιτευομένων Ἀθήνησιν, ἀποφαίνεσθαι, μέγιστον μὲν εἶναι ῥήτορα Δημοσθένην, δυνατώτατον δὲ εἰπεῖν Φωκίωνα· πλεῖστον γὰρ ἐν βραχυτάτῃ λέξει νοῦν ἐκφέρειν.

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Ariston of Chios, Testimonia et Fragmenta, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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